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Considering a degree in Architecture?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Architecture majors who live in Texas.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Architecture degrees for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of Texas.
Note: Net price is the actual cost of college paid after factoring in financial aid.The net prices displayed in these rankings are College Raptor's estimates.
“Typical” middle class family values used in the Net Price estimates on this page are:
| Rank | Institution | Typical Net Price | Sticker Price | % Savings | Undergraduates | Est. Median SAT | Acceptance Rate | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Coast Guard Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,081 | 1294 | 0.2432 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,465 | 1302 | 0.0936 | |
| 3 | Rice University | 5100 | 85000 | 0.9402 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 4 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 5 | Princeton University | 5700 | 82400 | 0.9305 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 6 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7500 | 90000 | 0.9171 | 4,580 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 7 | Dallas College | 8000 | 19000 | 0.578 | 125,613 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 | Austin Community College District | 8300 | 21500 | 0.6125 | 35,600 | 0 | 0.4666 | |
| 9 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 10 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 8600 | 8600 | 0 | 947 | 1230 | 0.3247 | |
| 11 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 12 | University of Pennsylvania | 9200 | 92900 | 0.9012 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 13 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.909 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 14 | University of Notre Dame | 11100 | 86200 | 0.8717 | 8,880 | 1471 | 0.1127 | |
| 15 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 11200 | 25100 | 0.5525 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 16 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11300 | 36600 | 0.6909 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 16 | Wellesley College | 11300 | 91300 | 0.8764 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 18 | Middlebury College | 11700 | 89900 | 0.8701 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 19 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 20 | University of Illinois Chicago | 11900 | 30400 | 0.6077 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 21 | Brown University | 12100 | 94000 | 0.871 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 22 | California State University-Fresno | 12800 | 19600 | 0.3462 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 22 | Indiana State University | 12800 | 25900 | 0.5066 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 24 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 13100 | 38800 | 0.6616 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 25 | Florida Atlantic University | 13200 | 25800 | 0.489 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 26 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 27 | University of North Alabama | 13400 | 30800 | 0.5642 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 28 | Portland State University | 13600 | 26100 | 0.4772 | 15,414 | 1112 | 0.9087 | |
| 28 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6058 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 30 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 51900 | 0.7365 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 31 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 32 | Mount Holyoke College | 14100 | 89900 | 0.8434 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 32 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14100 | 64500 | 0.7813 | 15,375 | 1179 | 0.866 | |
| 34 | Louisiana Tech University | 14600 | 36900 | 0.6042 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 35 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15100 | 28000 | 0.4604 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 36 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15300 | 44900 | 0.6594 | 4,250 | 0 | 0.0683 | |
| 37 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 38 | Northeastern University | 15700 | 89900 | 0.8254 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 39 | University of Memphis | 16000 | 26400 | 0.3947 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 40 | University of Houston | 16600 | 23100 | 0.2815 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 41 | University of Southern Mississippi | 16700 | 23100 | 0.277 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 42 | Keene State College | 16800 | 51200 | 0.6719 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 43 | California State University-Sacramento | 17000 | 27600 | 0.3844 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 43 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 17000 | 22300 | 0.2374 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 45 | Bennington College | 17200 | 89500 | 0.8078 | 797 | 1360 | 0.4453 | |
| 46 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,269 | 1499 | 0.1147 | |
| 47 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17700 | 46700 | 0.6213 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
| 47 | University of California-Berkeley | 17700 | 43500 | 0.5936 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 49 | Morgan State University | 17800 | 37200 | 0.5216 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 49 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17800 | 26300 | 0.3211 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 51 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 30400 | 0.4118 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 51 | Prairie View A & M University | 17900 | 25400 | 0.2957 | 8,836 | 970 | 0.7794 | |
| 53 | University of Arkansas | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3477 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 54 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18500 | 41200 | 0.5516 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 54 | University of Rhode Island | 18500 | 46400 | 0.6008 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 56 | Connecticut College | 19300 | 115500 | 0.8326 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 57 | La Roche University | 20000 | 66200 | 0.6983 | 755 | 1069 | 0.7016 | |
| 58 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 59 | University of Southern California | 20300 | 75800 | 0.7325 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 60 | University of New Orleans | 20400 | 30200 | 0.3244 | 5,476 | 1050 | 0.6677 | |
| 61 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2261 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 62 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 20900 | 34400 | 0.3924 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 63 | Webb Institute | 21500 | 73700 | 0.7085 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 64 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21600 | 42700 | 0.4943 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 65 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 21700 | 53000 | 0.5911 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 66 | Tufts University | 22200 | 98900 | 0.7752 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 67 | Marywood University | 22500 | 79900 | 0.7187 | 1,834 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 67 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43200 | 0.4795 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 69 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 70 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 23300 | 40000 | 0.4174 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 71 | Hampshire College | 23600 | 101500 | 0.7671 | 844 | 1254 | 0.7528 | |
| 72 | Texas Tech University | 23700 | 28100 | 0.1562 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 73 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38000 | 0.3658 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 74 | Judson University | 24200 | 49100 | 0.5067 | 793 | 985 | 0.6233 | |
| 75 | Norwich University | 24500 | 88400 | 0.723 | 2,642 | 1182 | 0.7361 | |
| 76 | Drury University | 25100 | 52900 | 0.5254 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 77 | Miami University-Oxford | 25200 | 28400 | 0.1126 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 78 | Temple University | 25300 | 36400 | 0.3052 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 78 | University of Central Florida | 25300 | 25300 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 80 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1092 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 81 | University of Kansas | 25700 | 44000 | 0.4162 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 82 | Mount Mary University | 26000 | 57200 | 0.5448 | 749 | 1005 | 0.6634 | |
| 83 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 26100 | 88300 | 0.7044 | 1,794 | 1313 | 0.6399 | |
| 83 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1404 | 0.4904 | |
| 85 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 26200 | 59900 | 0.5625 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 86 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 87 | SUNY Maritime College | 26500 | 46800 | 0.4342 | 1,286 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
| 88 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 45200 | 0.4023 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 89 | Syracuse University | 27300 | 83100 | 0.6714 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 90 | Thomas Jefferson University | 27500 | 67700 | 0.5937 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 91 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0835 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 92 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1279 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 93 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.098 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 94 | Clemson University | 29200 | 37100 | 0.2137 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 94 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 33700 | 0.1337 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 96 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 97 | Maine Maritime Academy | 30200 | 33400 | 0.0959 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 98 | University of Kentucky | 31100 | 36100 | 0.1386 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 99 | Ithaca College | 32000 | 72500 | 0.5585 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 100 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32200 | 36700 | 0.121 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 101 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4004 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 102 | Anderson University | 33100 | 52500 | 0.3697 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 103 | University of Oregon | 33200 | 38600 | 0.1406 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 104 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 33300 | 43100 | 0.2275 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 105 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 33600 | 40200 | 0.1643 | 1,407 | 1120 | 0.7207 | |
| 106 | Lawrence Technological University | 33700 | 82500 | 0.5912 | 2,579 | 1159 | 0.7403 | |
| 107 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 34000 | 57400 | 0.4067 | 885 | 1143 | 0.628 | |
| 108 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34500 | 36100 | 0.0443 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 109 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 34600 | 58500 | 0.4091 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 110 | Chatham University | 35000 | 63900 | 0.4526 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 111 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 112 | Delaware Valley University | 35700 | 83300 | 0.5714 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 113 | Andrews University | 35800 | 62100 | 0.4235 | 1,312 | 1196 | 0.874 | |
| 114 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36100 | 36600 | 0.0137 | 12,216 | 1040 | 0.4617 | |
| 115 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36800 | 38900 | 0.0548 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 116 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 50800 | 0.2619 | 2,391 | 1223 | 0.7645 | |
| 117 | Auburn University | 38000 | 38000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 118 | Kean University | 38800 | 48300 | 0.1967 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.759 | |
| 119 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5067 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 120 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41300 | 57000 | 0.2756 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 121 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 41800 | 47200 | 0.1143 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 122 | California College of the Arts | 42600 | 87600 | 0.5136 | 1,004 | 1079 | 0.911 | |
| 123 | University of Georgia | 43100 | 48800 | 0.1172 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 123 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 43100 | 54700 | 0.212 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 125 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43400 | 53400 | 0.1873 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 126 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 44900 | 60000 | 0.2515 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 127 | The University of Texas at Austin | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 43,165 | 1348 | 0.2664 | |
| 128 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46200 | 86200 | 0.4639 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 129 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 130 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0514 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 131 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48700 | 92100 | 0.4715 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 132 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 133 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 134 | Woodbury University | 53800 | 69500 | 0.2258 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
| 135 | University of San Francisco | 53900 | 84800 | 0.3643 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 136 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 54000 | 56100 | 0.038 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 137 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55900 | 56600 | 0.0124 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 138 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 66100 | 0.121 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 139 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.0921 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 140 | Howard University | 58300 | 76900 | 0.2418 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 141 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 59100 | 61200 | 0.0349 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 142 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,324 | 1174 | 0.7729 | |
| 143 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60800 | 63000 | 0.0339 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 144 | The Catholic University of America | 76300 | 82500 | 0.0751 | 3,177 | 1155 | 0.8278 | |
| 145 | Otis College of Art and Design | 79800 | 79800 | 0 | 1,224 | 1235 | 0.8176 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.